The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1887-10-22


turning to his home in Helena Sunday
night, was seized and strangled into un-
consciousness by foot pad and robbed
of his few possessions, ns,-consisting princl-
pally OF a promissory note of $84
w. H. Burgess was indicted by the
grand jury of Fergus county for the mur-
der of O O'Brien. His bail was fixed at
$40, 900, which was promptly furnished.
Mr.. Burgess seems to have good backing
and plenty of friends in that section.
Chinese labor Is rapidly increasing in
Montana. Two hundred of them lately
arrived to perform construction work on
the Drummond & Philipsburg branch,
and several hundred are now working On
the branch from Mlssoula up the Bitter
Root valley.
The Manitoba railroad company is
having two fue maps engraved, showing
in detail the various lines of that grand
system, including the Montana extension
and connections. Northern Montana will
be presented in good shape and with un-
usual accuracy and detail--for railroad
map.
Butte Inter Mountain: In restaurant
this morning gentleman ordered poachcd
eggs on toast, bowl of milk toast and a
cup of tea The waiter, fresh importa
ton from Helena, gave the order to the
cook as follows: 1.-TWO ladies on horse
back, bowl of graveyard stew and cup
of dishwater."
Henry Grabhorn was sentenced to i'm
prisonment for life in the penitentiary at
Deer Lodge, by Judge McLeary at Dill
lon last week Grabhorn Murdered his
wife in most brutal manner on the 10Th
of July last, and all that saved him from
the gallows was doubt of his sanity. 1t
is said he stood up and received his SEN
tence without any apparent emotion.
Benton River Press: A lone and for
lorn buffalo was killed the other day on
the Arrow creek range by a gentleman
named Thompson. This is the first buf-
falo that we have heard of in this section
for several years. The skin was saved,
while the meat was cut ipto bits, poisoned
and distributed over the range to hill
wolves.
The Manitoba railroad was completed
to Great Falls, its connection with the
grade of the Montana Central, on Saturday
last. Tracklaying is now progressing on
the Montana Central and it is expected
the iron will reach Helena by November
Goth. The completion of the road to
Great Falls was the occasion of grand
celebration which was participated in by
all the deniZens of the future great city.
Independent: Edward W. S. Tlngle,
associate editor of the St. Paul Globe, and
Miss Aggie Kelly, daughter OF Hon. P. H.
Kelly, were united in marriage on Octo-
Der Is at the residence of the brides pa
rents, No. $50 Hoffman avenue, Rev. Fa-
ther Caillet, of ST. Mary's church, officiat
ing. Mr.. Tingle is a son of Geo. r. Tin
gle, late of Montana, now seal island in
spector for Alaska.
A special to the Independent says that
Delegate Toole has been laboring with
the secretary of the interior against the
longer existence of the northern Cheyenne
reservation. He declares that there is no
reason why the Cheyennes cannot be put
with the Crows. The plan favored by
Montana people and army officers is the
removal of the Indians farther south and
the opening of the northern reservation to
settlement.
W. F. Kasson, the directory man who
was lately sent from Helena to Great
Falls to answer to the charge of horse
stealing, was missed from his cell in the
Jail at 10: 80 on Sunday evening. He was
there at supper time, shackled, and his
cell door as we'll as the outside door care
fully bolted. He had been undoubtedly
assisted from the outside. A reward of
$3.50 is offered by Sheriff Black for his
apprehension.
Yellowstone Journal: Gibbs Brothers
have sold their stock to the T D ranching
company, $50 head, at $23 all around.
The cattle have been counted out and de-
livered, among them being 1870 head OF
beeves, the remainder being cows and
young stock. We understand that the
Gibbs Bros. intend to give up the stock
business in this country, they having been
especially singled out by the losses of
last winter In the fall they had on the
range nearly $500 head and the 800 sold
| this week are the remnant.
| Mr.. M, p. Harrison has obtained the
contract for the survey of the Crow reser-
vation boundary, in accordance with the
recent direction of the interior depart
ment-on the north, from the Big Horn
river to the eastern corner, and on the
east, from that corner to the Montana
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